Politics, Policy and Higher Education in India

• Main Author: Roy Chowdhury, Sunandan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Higher Education.; Sociology of Education.; International and Comparative Education.

Considering the evolution of Indian higher education policy from British colonial rule to modern day India, this pivot examines key policy issues in fields as diverse as language, nationalism and economic development. Focusing on India’s relationship with the world at large and the state of class co...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Brahmin Language, Hindu Growth: Politics and Power of English Language in India
• Western University, Indian Nationalisms
• Cold War to Brand Wars: Global Processes, Developmental Visions and Indian Higher Education
• Class Struggles in Class Rooms: Conflict, Politics and the Indian University
• Elite Institutions, Dismal Development: Poverty of Indian Higher Education
• Conclusion: Towards A Democratic Higher Education. .